Bond $100,000 after multi-agency chase between Brush, Fort Morgan

Suspect in custody at Morgan County Jail

This sport utility vehicle wound up pinned in by law enforcement vehicles following a Friday chase between Brush and Fort Morgan.
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Bond has been set at $100,000 for Dawn M. Scott, 34, Council Bluffs, Iowa in the wake of a vehicle chase Friday afternoon that involved multiple law enforcement agencies.

Scott is in custody in Morgan County jail facing charges of vehicular eluding, reckless endangerment, reckless driving, several other traffic offenses, child abuse (because of having a child in her vehicle during the chase) and second degree assault on a police officer.

A welfare check on Scott and a child in her sport utility vehicle set off the chase on Highway 34 between Brush and Fort Morgan that involved several collisions between her SUV and law enforcement vehicles.

Scott fled from the Ackley Building Center, 1402 Mill St., when Brush police tried to contact her for a welfare check, reports indicated; it was unclear how that check was initiated.

Morgan County Sheriff's Department and Colorado State Patrol officers joined the pursuit, and Scott ran into several law enforcement vehicles before she was arrested in the parking area at DFA near the east edge of Fort Morgan.

The sheriff's department responded to assist Brush police at about 4:40 p.m., just after the pursuit began, said Sheriff Jim Crone.

Officers knew that there was a child in the SUV and tried to block it in, but Scott tried to go around the law enforcement cars and went into the oncoming lane.

Undersheriff Dave Martin drove ahead and attempted to throw out stop sticks to deflate the tires but was unable to get them deployed in time.

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Two Colorado State Patrol troopers set up east of Barlow Road and threw out stop sticks, but Scott swerved sharply towards the shoulder towards one of the officers, Crone said. Trooper John Takahashi was actually touched by the vehicle, putting his hands on the hood to protect himself, but the SUV stopped when it hit Takahashi's car.

Sheriff's Lt. Jon Horton then used a tactical vehicle intervention (a maneuver in which a pursuit vehicle swerves into the quarter panel of the pursued vehicle) to attempt to stop the SUV, but Scott drove onto the lot alongside DFA in an attempt to get away, the sheriff said.

In the muddy dirt lot between DFA and Highway 34, Horton used another intervention maneuver to spin out the SUV. Horton and two other sheriff's offive vehicles then pinned the SUV in, although Scott accelerated against the vehicles trying to push them away, Crone said.

The child was pulled from the vehicle and the driver was forcibly subdued by deputies and Brush officers, the sheriff said.Four sheriff's office vehicles suffered damage at the end of the chase, and four had flat tires from stop sticks as they attempted to keep the SUV blocked in and somewhat contained at lower speeds, Crone said.

Fort Morgan police officers were stationed further west on Highway 34 to intercept the vehicle had it not been stopped, trying to keep the vehicle from getting into Fort Morgan and even heavier traffic, the sheriff noted.

While in the muddy dirt lot between the highway and DFA, Lt Horton used another TVI to again spin the SUV out, Horton and two other sheriff's office vehicles then pinned the SUV in, though the driver accelerated against the vehicles trying to push them away.

The picture attached is where the SUV was finally stopped. Above the SUV you can see where the CSP cars were parked when she tried to hit Takahashi.

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